MA Literary Studies: Pre-master English Literature and Culture (Pre-master 2016-2017) - Prospectus

Courses

The bachelor English language and culture offers a pre-master programme for students holding a bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences for the so called Lerarenopleiding. This programme prepares for the master specialisation English Literature and Culture. The pre-master entails 50 ECTS. After completion of the pre-master, the student is admitted to the Master Literary Studies, specialisation English Literature and Culture.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
First semester
Obligatory
Philology 1: Introduction to Middle English Language and Literature	5
Literature 1A: Introduction to Literary Studies in English	10
Literature 1B: The Classical and Christian Legacies in Literatures in English	5
Academic Skills I Pre-Master	5
Choose one out of two:
Literature 3A: The American Renaissance, American Literature, 1620-1865	5
Literature 3B: Eighteenth-Century British Literature	5
Second semester
Obligatory
Linguistics 2: The Syntax of English	10
Language Acquisition 6: Academic Writing in Theory and Practice	5
BA Thesis Engelse taal en cultuur	10
Choose one out of two:
Literature 4A: The Age of Realism: American Literature, 1865-1917	5
Literature 4B: British Literature: The Nineteenth Century	5